The Future.

I have never been more proud in my life.

That is without a doubt my most overused line of the night but every time I say it, scream it, think it, write it down, it remains true. I have made no secret of my excitement at the prospect of an Obama presidency but somewhere in the back of my mind, it remained a bit of an idealist dream.

We have a black man in the white house. America, a country that seems to hold so tightly to its divisions, has elected a black man. A country that just 40 years ago, lived by the rules of a man named Jim Crow. Right now, we are moving up and forward. We’ve overwhelmingly as a nation decided that we’re ready for a change.

338 electoral votes and 51% of the popular vote, much of them coming from 3 states in which I have striven to make a difference in in the past 4 years–Virginia, Ohio and Florida have all turned blue. Virginia is a state that has not been carried the Democratic candidate since 1967.

I am energized like never before but I have class in the morning.

Good night and congratulations. God bless America.